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>> the thing that really affected the obama-romney debate is that romney came across as somebody with some stature and you could visualize him in the white house. fast forward to the debate between paul ryan and vice president biden and you see paul ryan not as vice president but may be ahead of management and budget. [crosstalk] >> the girl wants to say something. >> why should she be allowed? >> because she should. >> it was ieresng that, when paul ryan was talking about the economic stuff, i thought, you know, he has his zone. some of it you can criticize for his veracity. but he did fine. when he got to foreign policy, you could almost see the flip cards in his brain. it has no sense of being from real knowledgef ththen studying for the exam. >> i am glad you brought up foreign policy. >> we did not know that they wanted more security yet. >> we turn on our television screens these days and we see the absolute unraveling of the obama foreign policy. >> martha wallace began by asking about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. turns out this was not a demonstration that was
>> the thing that really affected the obama-romney debate is that romney came across as somebody with some stature and you could visualize him in the white house. fast forward to the debate between paul ryan and vice president biden and you see paul ryan not as vice president but may be ahead of management and budget. [crosstalk] >> the girl wants to say something. >> why should she be allowed? >> because she should. >> it was ieresng that, when paul ryan was...
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you've got romney obama debate. big bird. >> and jobs. so we see the focus on it was mostly about the economy, you see the focus on the substance of this debate as opposed to ustthe zingers and squabbling between the candidates and i was fascinated by the role of xbox. >> xbox is a controller you can use in your living room to play games on your television set and there's a subscription called xbox live. you can play with people by using a game controller. well, what happened last night is that xbox decided to let the video of the debate stream and they posed questions to gameers saying "at this moment who would you vote for?" immediately you had obama 75% of the gamers say yes or mitt romney 10% of the gamers say yes. it's a big figure but you get the point. >> even though this is only about 10,000 participated in this microsoft game, these are mostly younger men, 18 to 29 not plugged into politics who are harder to reach and the fact that they were engaged in answering these questions about presidential debate i think is a watershed mom
you've got romney obama debate. big bird. >> and jobs. so we see the focus on it was mostly about the economy, you see the focus on the substance of this debate as opposed to ustthe zingers and squabbling between the candidates and i was fascinated by the role of xbox. >> xbox is a controller you can use in your living room to play games on your television set and there's a subscription called xbox live. you can play with people by using a game controller. well, what happened last...
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the big open question is, how much will this debate be defined with the romney campaign's efforts and willingness on the part of the weed by joe biden's verbal and visual ticks which could end up this is all it is remembered for, even if that is dominant on cable and in comedy shows, which i think it certainly will be, i don't think this debate is really going to change much about the trajectory of where the race is, it is all going to look toward the presidential debate coming up. >> rose: john heilemann? >> charlie, you know, the first, hain thing i thought at the end of this debate, man i can't wait to see what saturday night live does th i there is jt a lot of wonderful, a lot of lampoonable moments and lampoonable behaviors and stylistic stuff as mark was mentioning about joe biden. >> i thought this debate was even on both sides very, aimed very much at the base of both parties and not only will democrats be enthused and i will get back to that in a second but republicans who had invested a lot of hope in paul ryan as a bright shining hope they heard a lot of things from him and
the big open question is, how much will this debate be defined with the romney campaign's efforts and willingness on the part of the weed by joe biden's verbal and visual ticks which could end up this is all it is remembered for, even if that is dominant on cable and in comedy shows, which i think it certainly will be, i don't think this debate is really going to change much about the trajectory of where the race is, it is all going to look toward the presidential debate coming up. >>...
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president obama and mitt romney got back to campaigning after last night's combative debate. both appealed to women voters in swing states. and the f.b.i. arrested a bangladeshi man for allegedly plotting to blow up the federal reserve building in manhattan. millions of americans have tuned in to the presidential debates. we profile one man who figured out how to profit from them. hari sreenivan explas. >> sreenivasan: he's a student at m.i.t. economics correspondent paul solman asked him about his bets and his winnings. read his interview on our making sense page. and npr's debbie elliott talks to independent voters in florida about the deluge of political ads there. that's part of our partnership with npr and cmag to examine spending on campaign ads this year. watch the video report on the rundown. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on thursday, we'll look at battleground new hampshie, where women candidates are on the ballot in three separate races. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill.
president obama and mitt romney got back to campaigning after last night's combative debate. both appealed to women voters in swing states. and the f.b.i. arrested a bangladeshi man for allegedly plotting to blow up the federal reserve building in manhattan. millions of americans have tuned in to the presidential debates. we profile one man who figured out how to profit from them. hari sreenivan explas. >> sreenivasan: he's a student at m.i.t. economics correspondent paul solman asked him...
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romney won the first debate hands down. who won this one, evan? >> obama won its slightly but not so much that it puts them over the top. >> mark? >> i agree, no knodown but viewers of fox news thought by a 3/4 margin that romney won, msnbc viewers bought by a 3/4 margin that obama wanteon. >> nina? >> it to me overnight to decide that obama won because romney became increasingly sort of agitated by the end of the debate. but our think -- there was a clear -- there was no clear punch knocked down. >> charles? >> i like to a woman spectator who said that she liked it because it was getting near to fisticuffs. they are in a ring, literally, surrounded by spectators. i thought it would grab their mikes and hit themeach over over the head with it. i wanted the secret service to anpann into thei grou andhaveandy crowley administer the can count. the would've in the best television ever. unfortunately, it ended with a whimper rather than a bang. >> did we learn anything about these candidates and their positions and policies that we did not know before?
romney won the first debate hands down. who won this one, evan? >> obama won its slightly but not so much that it puts them over the top. >> mark? >> i agree, no knodown but viewers of fox news thought by a 3/4 margin that romney won, msnbc viewers bought by a 3/4 margin that obama wanteon. >> nina? >> it to me overnight to decide that obama won because romney became increasingly sort of agitated by the end of the debate. but our think -- there was a clear -- there...
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after the debate they were in the 60's, which is to say in this debate romney had two tasks. one was to explain why the president has failed and be very aggressive there that and then he had another task that sort of conflicted with the first in that he needs to be appealing enough that people would like him, find something worth voting for him about not just because they didn't like barack obama. well that number in the instant poll which those are fluky and shouldn't put too much emphasis on them but gives us inkling of where the currents are going. that's good for romney. i'll echo mike the campaign needed a pause in what was a slide. i think they got the pause and the question is now when you thank you about a new romney, he's had a lot of different iterations in his life. you can imagine the obama campaign trying to make sofg a mediocre debate will jump on that notion of new and say he's created a whole new persona than the guy who ran in the primaries. >> rose: norah. >> president obama left his greatest hit on the cutting room floor. there was no mention of bain or no
after the debate they were in the 60's, which is to say in this debate romney had two tasks. one was to explain why the president has failed and be very aggressive there that and then he had another task that sort of conflicted with the first in that he needs to be appealing enough that people would like him, find something worth voting for him about not just because they didn't like barack obama. well that number in the instant poll which those are fluky and shouldn't put too much emphasis on...
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debate one that goes away debate two, there's a strong momentum toward romney, it's back. it's not back, we sort of hit the equilibrium where they are both quite popular now. so now it's who is going to be a better president. there is not a big personal dince there is policy differenceless. and so after second debate where people liked obama's presence, they liked his forcefulness, democrats were cheerd. and so now he goes not third debate and the final whatever it is, 19 days with a slight structural advantage, people are looking at every poll,very 13 secretaries. but that's too much information. he's got a -- >> it is interesting, do you buy it that they are both popular now, because months ago when we were sitting here you are saying there wasn't much enthusiasm for either n a way, you know. >> the enthusiasm is certainly up there for romney at this point. and i don't think you can overstate the importance of the first debate in the election of 2012. by his unilateral disarmament, disengagement, call it what you want, the president enabled mitt romney to explunge all th
debate one that goes away debate two, there's a strong momentum toward romney, it's back. it's not back, we sort of hit the equilibrium where they are both quite popular now. so now it's who is going to be a better president. there is not a big personal dince there is policy differenceless. and so after second debate where people liked obama's presence, they liked his forcefulness, democrats were cheerd. and so now he goes not third debate and the final whatever it is, 19 days with a slight...
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he knew what kind of debater romney was. all he had to do was look at the videotapes from florida, and he did a lot of things wrong, the optics were wrong, looking down, he did not have the responses he should of had. he let romney get away with sayi things, like this comment on medicare, which was not true. >> he never mentioned the opportunity that he had in the last few weeks, the 47% thing. those are running across the country in ads. the president did not mention it once. >> mitt romney told shawn hammett the last night that that was a bad mistake, that 47% thing. he says he was sorry. >> i never said this on television, but nina is right. she stumbled on the truth when she said that obama is not a good debater. it is not that obama was off his game, that is his game. if he does not have a prompter, he is not good. you see it in his press conferences where he does not have a prompter. he has never been good at conferences. he rambles. the press has been unimpressed with what he does. he can decide how long he wants to t
he knew what kind of debater romney was. all he had to do was look at the videotapes from florida, and he did a lot of things wrong, the optics were wrong, looking down, he did not have the responses he should of had. he let romney get away with sayi things, like this comment on medicare, which was not true. >> he never mentioned the opportunity that he had in the last few weeks, the 47% thing. those are running across the country in ads. the president did not mention it once. >>...
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but let's be blunt, the momentum is in romney's direction and has been since the first debate. the margin is closing, rather than expand come in all of these battle ground states. nina mentioned new hampshire. only three states between 2000 and 2004 fm a sh-court t sh-carrikerry. that is how closely divided the country was then and it remains now. >> there is a counter view, and it comes out in the huffington post, that the so-called romney surge is a myth when you look at the battle ground states and the national polls, which showed them very close. hardly a point where you can say that momentum has carried romney ahead of barack obama. titanic, yes, but momentum to the point where he would -- >> romne w dead in the water until the first debate. >> of course. >> he has had a surge. i tend to think the surge is over. but that surges what made him a contender. >> what was it about that debate that just change the tide? is thea's arrogance single biggest problem. it showed him sleepy, and different, why am i here. at the last debate, that he won, he was a bit too much of a put do
but let's be blunt, the momentum is in romney's direction and has been since the first debate. the margin is closing, rather than expand come in all of these battle ground states. nina mentioned new hampshire. only three states between 2000 and 2004 fm a sh-court t sh-carrikerry. that is how closely divided the country was then and it remains now. >> there is a counter view, and it comes out in the huffington post, that the so-called romney surge is a myth when you look at the battle...
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thout was very similar to mitt romney to the romney we saw in the first debate. what was different was his opponent. you saw mitt romney keep coming back to whatever president obama promises you have to remember we've had four years of what romney describes as the obama economy. he kept citing the number he always named on the stump. 23 million people looking for work. dropped out of the work force. don't have a job or underemployed. and one of the things that was really interesting to me was that as the conversation turned to certain groups of president obama has to win over, whether it's women, whether it's latinos, while president obama was offering specific prescriptions for women's health, for example, for immigration policy, mitt romney said the most important thing, whether you're a student, you need a job. you need a better economy. whether you're a woman asking about pay equity he said you need a job you need a better economy. for him it kept coming back to the same point again and again and again through the 90 minutes. >> ifill: that last question whic
thout was very similar to mitt romney to the romney we saw in the first debate. what was different was his opponent. you saw mitt romney keep coming back to whatever president obama promises you have to remember we've had four years of what romney describes as the obama economy. he kept citing the number he always named on the stump. 23 million people looking for work. dropped out of the work force. don't have a job or underemployed. and one of the things that was really interesting to me was...
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. >> and mitt romney looked good in that debate, mark. >> mitt romney probably have the best night he has had on a national stage. but barack obama is over his head? how about sarah palin? if she over her head? michele bachmann. rick perry over his head? charles, there are people over there is fiercely underwater. >> last time i checked, neither of those people is president of the united states. >> undoubtedly -- f sarah had it in 2008. >> you had so many people trying to obstruct, obstruct this president. if he walked on water, they would accuse him of not being able to swim. >>he democrat opposes a republican who is in the white house, that is opposition. if the republic of both the democrat in the white house, it is obstruction. explain the difference. >> beg your pardon? [laughter] >> charles. that is silly. it is not opposing him because of policies. before he had a chance to do anything. it was already declared that he would be a one-term president -- mitch mccnell, but for the first year in office. >> we talked about the president's numbers, with not very good, but look at the
. >> and mitt romney looked good in that debate, mark. >> mitt romney probably have the best night he has had on a national stage. but barack obama is over his head? how about sarah palin? if she over her head? michele bachmann. rick perry over his head? charles, there are people over there is fiercely underwater. >> last time i checked, neither of those people is president of the united states. >> undoubtedly -- f sarah had it in 2008. >> you had so many people...
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for a debate. >> mitt romney says he helped create 10,000 jobs. the formers workers in indiana say something else >> i would like to say to the people of massachusetts if you think it can't happen to you, think again because we thought it wouldn't happen here either >> i want to know why you spent millions of dollars showing advertisements of strikers in a company i had nothing to do with. >> kennedy, the veteran, ignored romney's charge >> mr. romney, let's put the ads aside and talk about health care. let's talk about education. let's talk about training. let's talk about new jobs. let's talk about infrastructure. let's talk about our different vision for massachusetts. that's what the people of massachusetts want to talk about. that's what i think they ought to hear about. >> i think about ten or 15 minutes in, romney began to realize this was not the easy exercise he thought it was going to be. >> reporter: then romney faulterred. the issue was health care. >> i have a plan. i have a position paper on health care. i'm happy to show it to you,
for a debate. >> mitt romney says he helped create 10,000 jobs. the formers workers in indiana say something else >> i would like to say to the people of massachusetts if you think it can't happen to you, think again because we thought it wouldn't happen here either >> i want to know why you spent millions of dollars showing advertisements of strikers in a company i had nothing to do with. >> kennedy, the veteran, ignored romney's charge >> mr. romney, let's put...
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we debate on tv. would you ever behave the way de. >> i just-- i didn't-- see, i didn't find its offensive as you did. i think if that happened it would show in your face. pain because paul ryan was so preter naturally cool last night and calm, and he was. and i thought to his credit. and by contrast, but he never registered a sense of outrage oranger that he was hurt by it. >> woodruff: what about on the skub stands. did we learn anything new from the two of them. are there difference between the can darkts the romney-ryan team and ot bama-biden team is it more arifd as a relt o last night. >> i think there were vulnerabilities we knew about which we saw developed. so ryan's weakest moment by far was trying to defend the tax plan. how are you going to balance the budget. really, that was an embarrassment because he just doesn't-- there is no substance there is no answer to that question how are you going to cut taxes. >> woodruff: because they haven't laid out. >> the cuts. and you know, if you got r
we debate on tv. would you ever behave the way de. >> i just-- i didn't-- see, i didn't find its offensive as you did. i think if that happened it would show in your face. pain because paul ryan was so preter naturally cool last night and calm, and he was. and i thought to his credit. and by contrast, but he never registered a sense of outrage oranger that he was hurt by it. >> woodruff: what about on the skub stands. did we learn anything new from the two of them. are there...
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coming into the last debate, the annenberg survey showed that the public thought that governor romney was more likely to take the country into a war, than was president obama. but the public also believed that president obama had gone around the world apologizing. now in the last debate, governor romney reassured that he was not as likely to take people into war as they had thought in that debate. and i think that was a callated strategy on his part. now, you uld y, "d it was illegitimate. you secretly know that he was more likely." but nonetheless, what we can measure is whether they get what he said he was going to do in the context. and i think that president obama responded to the apologizing around the world claim in a number of ways that were effective as well. and i think one of the things that we can say about debates making a difference is that, had there been debates in the goldwater/johnson election, had there been debates in the mcgovern/nixon election, i think we would not have had the blowout landslides that we had. what debates do is take the caricaturing of the challen
coming into the last debate, the annenberg survey showed that the public thought that governor romney was more likely to take the country into a war, than was president obama. but the public also believed that president obama had gone around the world apologizing. now in the last debate, governor romney reassured that he was not as likely to take people into war as they had thought in that debate. and i think that was a callated strategy on his part. now, you uld y, "d it was illegitimate....
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and in the first debate romney appeared to be that candidate. >> we have to get to these doors. this is the difference between winning and losing. >> ifill: both campaigns are stepping up their games. republican volunteers crowded into this weekend phone bankt d. when you talk to voters after the debate, are people saying "well okay, i'm giving him a second look?" >> yes, definitely, definitely. the majority of them i'm speaking to are saying hey, we see what you've been seeing. we're on. we're on with you girl. so that's great! >> ifill: even the undecided maura fletcher said she was impressed by romney's performance. >> he's polished, he answers questions succinctly. what he said made sense to me. >> ifill: chris kennedy, who runs the jefferson county democratic party, organized a local candidates chili cook-off this past weekend. he conceded the debate may have made his job more difficult. >> there were probably a few unaffiliated who went romney's way after that. i'm not going to lie. but we have the stronger campaign on the ground. and i think president obama has a stronger
and in the first debate romney appeared to be that candidate. >> we have to get to these doors. this is the difference between winning and losing. >> ifill: both campaigns are stepping up their games. republican volunteers crowded into this weekend phone bankt d. when you talk to voters after the debate, are people saying "well okay, i'm giving him a second look?" >> yes, definitely, definitely. the majority of them i'm speaking to are saying hey, we see what you've...
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opponent, when romney ride to do it in the republican debate it didn't really work when he had a lead at one point he tried to stay above the fray and he engaged gingrich in a later debate and it worked better and i think the challenge for them now, for the obama team now is, they clearly can't follow the strategy in the second debate. what they also want to avoid a situation that happened with al fore where, al gore where you are seeing a different human being on the stage in the second debate than you are in the first debate. >> rose: go ahead. >> i think there is a certain starkness in the debate that you don't have in the convention. the contrast is extraordinary, in a convention, you are idolized 20,000 people in the room all love you, the energy of the crowd carries you on its shoulders, almost what you say doesn't matter long as long as you don't screw up, on a debate, there is a stark contrast because there is a very bare stage, if you look at there is nobody in front of you booing or cheering and you have a moderator and two people and almost like a gladiator and when you hav
opponent, when romney ride to do it in the republican debate it didn't really work when he had a lead at one point he tried to stay above the fray and he engaged gingrich in a later debate and it worked better and i think the challenge for them now, for the obama team now is, they clearly can't follow the strategy in the second debate. what they also want to avoid a situation that happened with al fore where, al gore where you are seeing a different human being on the stage in the second debate...
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>> we have to go back to romney winning the debate. he won the debate by 46 percentage points. that's the largest victory in history according to the glup poll. it gave a tremendous boost in his person image was was a real problem in september coming out of the conventions and coming out of the gaffes and problems that he had. so we see in our poll by a margin of seven points people say he's the candidate with new ideas. he ties obama now on... for strong leader when a couple of weeks ago and when weid our september survey itas obama who was seen as the strong leader. for the first time in this campaign, romney's personal favorable rating has hit the 50% mark. it's been very, very low. he's brought it back up. he's made the race even among registerd voters. he has a slight lead in our poll among likely voters unlike the big margin that obama had a month ago. >> warner: stu, personal qualities was where president obama had had a huge edge. >> exactly. this debate turned things around. it made mitt romney more likable and the leadership is really strong. presidential elections ar
>> we have to go back to romney winning the debate. he won the debate by 46 percentage points. that's the largest victory in history according to the glup poll. it gave a tremendous boost in his person image was was a real problem in september coming out of the conventions and coming out of the gaffes and problems that he had. so we see in our poll by a margin of seven points people say he's the candidate with new ideas. he ties obama now on... for strong leader when a couple of weeks ago...
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debate i'm mystified by. on the one hand i think romney is a superior debate tore obama. i think we saw that in the race against newt gingrich. now newt gingrich is not the same kind of candidate as barack obama is. but when he gets the facts on his side and when he prepares which he does, and can just barrel out a bunch of facts, he can be a steamroller. and he has the potential to steamroll obama in some of these debates. >> rose: what he should be doing is lowering expectations because you're not the only person saying that. jim fall owes wrote a piece in the atlantic as you know. >> but you know, jim and i are brilliant men but not all of america is reading us frankly so i'm not sure that really-- . >> rose: or watching this either. >> so i'm not sure, i don't think america has high expectation force romney. i think if h-- . >> rose: if he wins it will be viewed as a surprise and a new look at mitt romney. >> right, i absolutely think that. and if he can make fun of obama management, his effectiveness, not ideology but make fun of the effectiveness, then that will hav
debate i'm mystified by. on the one hand i think romney is a superior debate tore obama. i think we saw that in the race against newt gingrich. now newt gingrich is not the same kind of candidate as barack obama is. but when he gets the facts on his side and when he prepares which he does, and can just barrel out a bunch of facts, he can be a steamroller. and he has the potential to steamroll obama in some of these debates. >> rose: what he should be doing is lowering expectations because...
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and john, how are the romney people spinning this after the debate? >> well, they executed their plan, some of our colleagues disagree with the plan, they executed the plan they wanted to, both candidates were trying to do what they always try, bale to the base and swing voters and if you look at the reaction to the republican base they are very happy, 90 wa'tlusred and stood up and picked his spots where he would stand up to the president and disagree, i don't think there is any disappoint on this term he agreed with the president a lot, the goal was to be the reassuring, to show that he could be a commander in chief and in the trifecta of all three-s i don't think governor romney had moments where he said, oh, no this guy is unacceptable, i thought he started surprisingly nervous and i thought after a few answers he found his footing, if this were on foreign relations up or down, erican idol poll heould be crmed,is foreign policy advisors, his foreign policy apparatus, his own foreign boil statements are about as weak and inconsistent and unrigorous
and john, how are the romney people spinning this after the debate? >> well, they executed their plan, some of our colleagues disagree with the plan, they executed the plan they wanted to, both candidates were trying to do what they always try, bale to the base and swing voters and if you look at the reaction to the republican base they are very happy, 90 wa'tlusred and stood up and picked his spots where he would stand up to the president and disagree, i don't think there is any...
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>> tha firt debate, governor romney got to present his argument. he got to talk about his economic plan. didn't make sense for these women. >> why aren't the women looking at the issues -- instead of watching the debate -- >> but wait a second. this is not 2008 when there are complaints that it's the same guy running on one ticket. these guys are polar opposites. >> i'm going to say because it's about the economy. for these women, are you are looking at a poverty rate of 16%. for these women, it's about an unemployment rate has increased for them. they are the ones getting the low paying jobs and getting stuck. the whole change in 2008 is not working in 2012. women stood back and said, wait a second. this man is fixing the problem. this is what we need. >> they are paying attention. >> everyone, no one paid attention really to what's going on in the presidential election until about the conventions and labor day and then now. they see these ads and see this and that. people tune that out outside of the beltway. we are kind of -- everyone is forced
>> tha firt debate, governor romney got to present his argument. he got to talk about his economic plan. didn't make sense for these women. >> why aren't the women looking at the issues -- instead of watching the debate -- >> but wait a second. this is not 2008 when there are complaints that it's the same guy running on one ticket. these guys are polar opposites. >> i'm going to say because it's about the economy. for these women, are you are looking at a poverty rate of...
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>> romney is seen as president. >> like donald trump's name is out there? >> it's not celebrity status. it means the threshold -- what ronald reagan had to reach in the debate where people saw him as a president. >> not serious candidates. >> did you see donald trump screaming on the view? where is the birth certificate of barack obama? that is great appeal tea party folks. >> this is the price of purity. if you want a birther or michelle bachman or sarah palin, tell me the months and date and the year where they will achieve that level, will they be seen as presidential candidates? i don't think that's coming, pat. >> you need the generals to support your candidates. >> yes but if you elect a candidate -- nominate a candidate that the tea party loves, that is someone that cannot win a national election. tea party -- excuse me! excuse me! tea party. >> the people can win certain districts, but and certain states but they cannot win a national election. and. >> what we saw in the democrats -- [everyone talking at once] >> have a chance of taking back the hou
>> romney is seen as president. >> like donald trump's name is out there? >> it's not celebrity status. it means the threshold -- what ronald reagan had to reach in the debate where people saw him as a president. >> not serious candidates. >> did you see donald trump screaming on the view? where is the birth certificate of barack obama? that is great appeal tea party folks. >> this is the price of purity. if you want a birther or michelle bachman or sarah...
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talking about a good debater governor romney is. that is because they need to reassure their supporters that this race isn't over. it's still close. he can turn it around and the debates will be an opportunity to do this. >> woodruff: this is a different period of expectation setting, stu, than what we normally see. >> a little bit. i think susan is exactly right. i saw robert gibbs on television a couple days ago. he was talking about mitt romney has debated so much times and the president hasn't debated in four years. i think they are trying to lower expectations but you don't hear that same thing from the romney camp. some of this is a need, a desire, to create some momentum on the part of the challenger when there is, you know, so much finger pointing mostly by conservatives and republicans complaining about the romney campaign. >> woodruff: and there's been a fair amount of that. stu, what about in terms of setting the table for substance in are there things the candidates are talking about at this point to lay the groundwork f
talking about a good debater governor romney is. that is because they need to reassure their supporters that this race isn't over. it's still close. he can turn it around and the debates will be an opportunity to do this. >> woodruff: this is a different period of expectation setting, stu, than what we normally see. >> a little bit. i think susan is exactly right. i saw robert gibbs on television a couple days ago. he was talking about mitt romney has debated so much times and the...
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it's not clear the dynamic romney gives 3 great debate performs a not clear the undecide you had will tip to him. i don't know that will happen. some mesa he's acceptable but in the end not quite acceptable enough. >> i agree with everything john. one of the things that's been remarkable to me in the past week, we saw mitt romney not come pain on labor day. i don't want to overstress the appearance factor here. i can't remember the last time that happened mitt romney doesn't embrace the ceremonial aspects of this retail. forfeited fund raising as oppose today campaigning and presenting himself. swing states very, very controlled. i do think this matter. i don't think it can be 1 -- presenting the case right now signature on well over $150 million they're planning on use forking fall tiegz buy. there's so many ads on so many races and so many different entities super pacs campaigns it has to be a clear message to break through. the other message they focused on is this welfare message about the gutting of welfare by president owe become ma. bill clinton did a lot to rebut that. that wa
it's not clear the dynamic romney gives 3 great debate performs a not clear the undecide you had will tip to him. i don't know that will happen. some mesa he's acceptable but in the end not quite acceptable enough. >> i agree with everything john. one of the things that's been remarkable to me in the past week, we saw mitt romney not come pain on labor day. i don't want to overstress the appearance factor here. i can't remember the last time that happened mitt romney doesn't embrace the...
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have been critical and they are sharing a lot of criticism floating in the-- which is that the romney campaign has not been sure footed, does not have the a republican team on board. they are just less than aggressive. and so i sort of agree with some of that. but there's a difference between campaign people and pundit and we always wt the substance, something to debate and their strategy whether right or wrong, their strategy let's lay low. let's focus all the attention on obama. just lay low, be as boring as possible. the country likes boring right now, let's focus on that guy. that is their strategy. it's really bad for us. and maybe if you were running a campaign it may be what you opt for too. >> woodruff: what dow make of the criticism. >> is a really bad day in a republican campaign when there is a long "the wall street journal" editorial criticizing your campaign. i think on the one hand conservatives have a point because with 8.2% unemployment, the incumbent is not supposed to be ahead of the challenger by 8 points in swing states which is what some of the recent polls show.
have been critical and they are sharing a lot of criticism floating in the-- which is that the romney campaign has not been sure footed, does not have the a republican team on board. they are just less than aggressive. and so i sort of agree with some of that. but there's a difference between campaign people and pundit and we always wt the substance, something to debate and their strategy whether right or wrong, their strategy let's lay low. let's focus all the attention on obama. just lay low,...
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no, no, governor romney is a good debater. i'm just okay. >> woodruff: by contrast a prominent romney supporting was out hyping his candidate's debating skills. new jersey governor chris christie on cbs's face the nation yesterday. >> i've seen mitt romney do this before. he's going to come in wednesday night and lay out his vision for america. he's going to contrast what his view is and what the president's record is. and the president's view for the future. this whole race is going to be turned upsidedown come thursday morning. >> woodruff: like wise president obama's senior advisor david pluf offerd this assessment on nbc's meet the press. >> challengers tend to benefit from debates. we've expected all along that governor romney will have a good night. he's prepared more than any candidate in history. he's showing himself to be a very, very good debater through the years. we understand that this is an important moment. >> woodruff: and more important moments are to come. the second presidential debate will be a town hall fo
no, no, governor romney is a good debater. i'm just okay. >> woodruff: by contrast a prominent romney supporting was out hyping his candidate's debating skills. new jersey governor chris christie on cbs's face the nation yesterday. >> i've seen mitt romney do this before. he's going to come in wednesday night and lay out his vision for america. he's going to contrast what his view is and what the president's record is. and the president's view for the future. this whole race is...
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. >> governor romney survived several primaries, tough debates to get the nomination. there is a lot of seond- essi. i know, he wrote about it today. >> he introduced to the nation this idea of a more strict constitutional conservatism. however, i do not think they ought to go around complaining about choice of candidates. they threw away senate seats that were absolutely slam-dunk republican in indiana and missouri, and the last cycle they throw away a slam dunk republican seats in maryland, colorado, and nevada. so, the left and the right of the party and all of its wings made -- made mistakes in choosing candidates. romney was not a great candidate. he came out of the open primary process. it was the only one in the field to was remotely presidential and that is why he got the nomination. >> president obama to 71% of the hispanic vote. if you were taking a look at the republican party, would you not start with them, mark? >> i would. i uld so start with the asian vote. republican party is increasingly an older, wider, mail party. -- older, whiter, male party. the re
. >> governor romney survived several primaries, tough debates to get the nomination. there is a lot of seond- essi. i know, he wrote about it today. >> he introduced to the nation this idea of a more strict constitutional conservatism. however, i do not think they ought to go around complaining about choice of candidates. they threw away senate seats that were absolutely slam-dunk republican in indiana and missouri, and the last cycle they throw away a slam dunk republican seats in...
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. >> susie: you know, tonight obviously in the debate president obama and governor romney will be talking about the job market do. you expect them to give any kind of plan to jolt the labor market and to get that unemployment rate down drastically? >> i think both candidates are likely to be somewhat vague in their discussion of proposals to great jobs. if i were asking the question, i think the one that i with like to hear answered most would be, what are you going to do about the approaching fiscal cliff if we go over the fiscal cliff, if we plunge over the highest bluff along the fiscal cliff, it's very likely the economy will fall into recession and the unemployment rate instead of being 8 at the end of next year will be above 9. so the first thing that any elected official needs to do in 2013 is prevent job losses by doing something about the fiscal cliff. >> susie: are you predicting a recession? >> no, we're not. we do think that in a crisis environment at the 11th hour, some sort of arrangement will be made that will delay the fiscal contraction that's on the books now. so that th
. >> susie: you know, tonight obviously in the debate president obama and governor romney will be talking about the job market do. you expect them to give any kind of plan to jolt the labor market and to get that unemployment rate down drastically? >> i think both candidates are likely to be somewhat vague in their discussion of proposals to great jobs. if i were asking the question, i think the one that i with like to hear answered most would be, what are you going to do about the...
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if i were the obama white house i would not have liked this debate because mitt romney clearly looked good. secondly herman cain was really fascinating. he just... he's a compelling figure and that see it was good. on the other hand there are a couple things that wilcause him problem, the sales tax among others. thirdedlyly-- and matthew would know more than-- rick perry may have a lot of asset bus debate formats are not one. he was given an opportunity tonight by you and karen and julianna to lk about his economic plan and he chose to talk aut energy and he was given a chance on healthare and he started talking about medicaid waivers after spending the last three orour days trashing romney on romney care. it was rely... not a bad performance just a lackluster performance. >> any reason you can explain that, matthew. >> it tells you when you judge these candidates in a vacuum before they're tested on a national scale. when you run for office... rick perry has won 18 straight races in texas. i was thinking as i was watching it and watched him over the last three debates, rick perry ove
if i were the obama white house i would not have liked this debate because mitt romney clearly looked good. secondly herman cain was really fascinating. he just... he's a compelling figure and that see it was good. on the other hand there are a couple things that wilcause him problem, the sales tax among others. thirdedlyly-- and matthew would know more than-- rick perry may have a lot of asset bus debate formats are not one. he was given an opportunity tonight by you and karen and julianna to...
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president obama and mitt romney spent the day preparing for their first debate tomorrow night. and republican leaders of the house oversight committee charged that the state department ignored pleas for greater security in benghazi, libya, before the u.s. ambassador was killed there. what can middle, high school and college students learn from watching the upcoming presidential debates? kwame holman introduces some special debate teaching tools. >> holman: working with educators around the country, newshour extra, our site for students and teachers, has put together resources to help young viewers learn about the history and evolution of debates, and feel more connected to the democratic process. find those links on the rundown. and headhunter nick corcodilos answers your job search questions, including how to approach a full career change. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll be joined by mark shields and david brooks for our debate preview. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woo
president obama and mitt romney spent the day preparing for their first debate tomorrow night. and republican leaders of the house oversight committee charged that the state department ignored pleas for greater security in benghazi, libya, before the u.s. ambassador was killed there. what can middle, high school and college students learn from watching the upcoming presidential debates? kwame holman introduces some special debate teaching tools. >> holman: working with educators around...
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i thought overall romney had the better of the debate. i thought he dispelled stereotypes of individualists. i thought he looked happier to be there. i thought he was certainly more aggressive. and finally i guess i would say the president missed out on a lot of opportunities to mention the 47%, to echo some of the themes the democratic ad campaigns which have been so successful. i thought on balance it was a good night for mitt romney. griewd what did you think about that, mark? >> i was amazed the 47% didn't come up. i think what we saw more than anything the rust from the president not having been in a debate, quite frankly, for four years. and i thought that mitt romney, the challenger always, with the president, gets an advantage, just by being tere on the same stage and beeb at least equal. i thought that romney did quite well in making his case. he seemed comfortable. he seemed confident. he didn't seem mean spirited. i was amazed the president didn't rebut the the $716 billion charge. it's a phony charge. it's been-- i mean, it's
i thought overall romney had the better of the debate. i thought he dispelled stereotypes of individualists. i thought he looked happier to be there. i thought he was certainly more aggressive. and finally i guess i would say the president missed out on a lot of opportunities to mention the 47%, to echo some of the themes the democratic ad campaigns which have been so successful. i thought on balance it was a good night for mitt romney. griewd what did you think about that, mark? >> i was...
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they can see if they like the debates as much as everyone else did. that's the one positive thing that stands out. and they can register their... or express their opinions about what is to come, whether there will be some progress, some political progress, and compare their outlook with the outlook of voters that we've polled. >> sreenivasan:: now the first part that we launched earlier in the election cycle, it's been fairly successful. a lot of people took those 12 questions or so that you have been asking for dozens of years and compared themselves against where they exactly are in that political spectrum. >> we found... i think we are approaching 1 million point 4 people who have taken this test since i think we put it up in late september. >> sreenivasan:: ok and finally, you made a little bit of news this week. you are changing your roll at pew. what does that mean? >> it means i will no longer be president and chief executive. i am going to be founding director which sounds very ancient but it is what is. i am going to work on politics and glob
they can see if they like the debates as much as everyone else did. that's the one positive thing that stands out. and they can register their... or express their opinions about what is to come, whether there will be some progress, some political progress, and compare their outlook with the outlook of voters that we've polled. >> sreenivasan:: now the first part that we launched earlier in the election cycle, it's been fairly successful. a lot of people took those 12 questions or so that...
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debate or a high school or college debate. i think romney erred to some extent. he was so competitive that he could never not have the last word. so he kind of jostled his way into the conversations or started reciting point that really weren't connected to some kind of larger argument. obama remembered that these debate, they're fundamentally not about-- they're not debates. they are leadership stages upon which t audience geto judge somebody's basic credibility as a leader, their appeal as a person. so that's why i think debates are important. >> rose: it also plays, also puts their perception of the particular candidate was leading into the debate. if something happened stylistically and in terms of a kind of judgmental thing, it can change the perception if it's different from what they knew going in. >> i think that's right. i think that's one reason why denver was so dramatic. both cdidates reallylaye against typ i think in long island, they really played two types. that was a recognizable mitt romney for anybody who had watched the 20 republican debates. h
debate or a high school or college debate. i think romney erred to some extent. he was so competitive that he could never not have the last word. so he kind of jostled his way into the conversations or started reciting point that really weren't connected to some kind of larger argument. obama remembered that these debate, they're fundamentally not about-- they're not debates. they are leadership stages upon which t audience geto judge somebody's basic credibility as a leader, their appeal as a...
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plus, get gwen's take on how romney's post-debate rebound might play out in the missouri senate race. that's in her weekly blog post on our politics page. >> woodruff: and that brings us to the analysis of shields and brooks-- syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times columnist david brooks. gentlemen, good to have you with us. let's talk about the jobs report, what about that missouri senate raitt. >> it's ri remarkable race. >> hes have broken ranks and endorsed congressman akin and do-- whom claire mccaskill defeated in 2006. so republicans had expected to do a lot better, judy, this year than they are doing right now according to most estimates. the seats that they took for granted, dick lugar's in indiana, richard murdoch, the two party candidate is now behind centrist democrat joe donnelly, in maine where olympia snowee is going to walk to re-election, that the republicans are trailing badly es against an guess king. so all of a sudden republicans are looking, well, maybe we have to figure out a way to help congressman akin even though we don't want to get close to h
plus, get gwen's take on how romney's post-debate rebound might play out in the missouri senate race. that's in her weekly blog post on our politics page. >> woodruff: and that brings us to the analysis of shields and brooks-- syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times columnist david brooks. gentlemen, good to have you with us. let's talk about the jobs report, what about that missouri senate raitt. >> it's ri remarkable race. >> hes have broken ranks and...
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sort of negates that and you can imagine an obama-romney debate where romney says let's repeal obama care, and obama says wait,. that's a core issue for a lot of republicans. the second one for a lot of republicans, eye lot of americans, there is a lot more hostility of wall street, and bain capital, he sort of symbolizes that. people will use the fact that he supported the tarp, the wall street bailout, so-called. they will use that against him, and i would say he doesn't generate much enthusiasm as mark said. there's not much hostility but for a nominee astonishingly little enthusiasm. weaknesses to go along with the strengths. >> the problem, to david's point bain capital where he did make his money, or does have his business cred, street cred in business, they were known for closing down companies and downsizing. so at a time when jobs-- i think jobs are going to be big oast issue rather than health care. health care is a core republican galvanizing and organizing principle, but if you're talking about the electorate at large, it really is jobs. >> lehrer: what do you make of sar
sort of negates that and you can imagine an obama-romney debate where romney says let's repeal obama care, and obama says wait,. that's a core issue for a lot of republicans. the second one for a lot of republicans, eye lot of americans, there is a lot more hostility of wall street, and bain capital, he sort of symbolizes that. people will use the fact that he supported the tarp, the wall street bailout, so-called. they will use that against him, and i would say he doesn't generate much...
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so i think we're going to hear more about that, especially in debates. and then i think he has, you were very kind to him about this week. i think he had quite a disastrous week, other than that things are going great. >> independent voters who voted for obama in o 8ee who drifted away and now faced with the alternatives they see today they are drifting back to obama. >> and more than that it's the movement. but there aren't a lot of folks left to move. one of the things that is striking when you look at these polls in the internals of these polls, very, very few people are undecided and seen fewer say they are asked in any way to change their votes. what we heard from the romney campaign was yes, but there is more voters up for grabs than these polls indicate. the polls are not indicating that conditions with i say that is a huge-- over the past several decades but especially over the last three or four years. >> we have seen dealignment. we have seen people drifting away. i don't like either party, rise in independence so, that would lead you to think
so i think we're going to hear more about that, especially in debates. and then i think he has, you were very kind to him about this week. i think he had quite a disastrous week, other than that things are going great. >> independent voters who voted for obama in o 8ee who drifted away and now faced with the alternatives they see today they are drifting back to obama. >> and more than that it's the movement. but there aren't a lot of folks left to move. one of the things that is...
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so, david, yet another turn in florida, some strong ads, a couple of strong debates and romney back up? >> he's up. now, he's mr. inevitable again. you just have to ignore the little ruff patches he had. he had a terrible week. and what was interesting is a professional politician once told me, don't judge a candidate by how good they are. judge them by how much they improve. so romney shows the capacity to grow, so he had this period where he said i can tell the country that i'll release my taxes in april. that will work. and everybody who had ever been through this said that will never work. and finally he admitted that was a mistake. he was able to learn and the second thing he was able to learn is he might lose. i don't think it occurred to him he might lose-- >> brown: even though it happened once before. >> he's lost a lot in his career but he felt i can lose and i can lose to that guy, newt gingrich, which he definitely did not want to do. so he toughened it up. he decided i have to cut him up and i have to relentlessly cut him up and in the middle of the debate i was thinking,
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. >> john, you're the sponsor of the debate september 7 and i guarantee you mitt romney will be there. >> oh, no question and the race will be fully engaged by then. >> and then he'll be above the rar screen >> but he's rig not to take every piece of bait put before him because he's not a terribly effective at the kind of day in day out jousting on the campaign trl so i think he's right not to chase every camera or try to get in every headline. >> rose: what's happening within the potential candidates now that daniels is out and now that it's beginning to look like there is no one who is the obvious favorite of the people who will elect the republican nominee? >> well, the republican establishment has been waing for a white knight. they talked about jeb bush or chris christie or paul ryan, even. that's not going to happen. and i doubt that huckabee will get back in. i think sarah palin is a gigantic tease. and i n't know a thing because nobody else knows a ing. only sarah palin knows. i think michel bachmann will get in. i think john huntsman is very likely to get in. and, charlie, to
. >> john, you're the sponsor of the debate september 7 and i guarantee you mitt romney will be there. >> oh, no question and the race will be fully engaged by then. >> and then he'll be above the rar screen >> but he's rig not to take every piece of bait put before him because he's not a terribly effective at the kind of day in day out jousting on the campaign trl so i think he's right not to chase every camera or try to get in every headline. >> rose: what's...
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but nass's not what the debate was. i think congressman ryan showed that he had been really cramming on foreign poli. showed think great familiarity with the situation in afghanistan, even though i think the romney-ryan ticket continues to struggle to sort of show what they would do differently in afghanistan. quite frankly, my brother say veteran of afghanistan i was thrilled to hear it discussed so much tonight. but i do think one of the criticisms will you hear from republicans probably going forward was that there wasn't enough discussion of the economy tonight. i don't, i tend to agree with jonathan, i saw a very long pause from congressman ryan when the discussion turned to abortion. i don't think he was probably prepared to discuss tt. at least not in such a point-blank fashion. de get some questions on it yesterday. but i don't think that he was ready for that to be such a hot debate topic. >> woodruff: sam youngman and jonathan martin, we thank you both for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you.
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more than a north carolina romney could you debate, she's going to appeal mainly to upper class -- or middle and upper class white women whether she's going to draw in tons of minority women, single women, elderly women that's another question. but that woman's speech about how he came to them in their hour of need and stayed with them, is that going to draw more women to the romney-ryan ticket? >> absolutely think that the one thing that is very clear after this week is that romney is a man of character. you may disagree with his politics but clearly he's a man who committed to his family to, his community, he has been a business leadera government leader, no one c stand there say h hasn't sor of really earned this chance to run. i think that he gave a big nod not only to ann romney and the work she did to raise their family but all mothers, men and women who are of young children, who recognize that it's very difficult, you have two people working, you have young children, trying to pay bills, i think really did connect with a lot of people. we were there. it hasn't always been this
more than a north carolina romney could you debate, she's going to appeal mainly to upper class -- or middle and upper class white women whether she's going to draw in tons of minority women, single women, elderly women that's another question. but that woman's speech about how he came to them in their hour of need and stayed with them, is that going to draw more women to the romney-ryan ticket? >> absolutely think that the one thing that is very clear after this week is that romney is a...